and so i think his real legacy is not so much that he was the author of great opinions like brown and the boring era for event row in that era of berger, but because they really are, to my mind anyway, the opinions of rehnquist that are particularly memorable. but i asked rehnquist, what are your memorable opinions? he said, you know, i don't have any memorable opinions. nothing comes to mind as being particularly memorable and i think that's an honest answer in an accurate answer. >> host: that was in 1885. he could've said that in 2005 also. >> guest: i agree. he would've said it into thousand five just as much. his legacy as he came onto the court with an agenda and it was a partisan agenda. i called about the person. as the title of "the new york times" story, "the partisan." i wrote the story, but i don't get to title it. i thought that was very, very accurate. remember asking him coming to consider yourself a partisan? he said yes, i am a partisan. he was unabashedly partisan, so his legacy i think is that he made it acceptable to be a partisan on the court. if you look at the p